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Old 01-09-2006, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Strife
You're right, LED's can't be "dimmed" in the conventional sense, but they could be modulated with a duty cycle ranging from 5% to 100% at a fairly high frequency, giving the illusion of dimming.
This is not correct. LED luminance is proportional to the dc drive current. You can adjust smoothly from 'off' to full brightness via a dc current source. Brightness is NOT proportional to forward voltage, however.

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